The Monkey And The Engineer

Spoken by Jesse Fuller as an Intro to song:

"Once upon a time a engineer had a monkey and 
everywhere he go why he'd take the little monkey along 
and so the monkey would watch everything the engineer 
would do so one day the engineer had to go get him 
something to eat and so the monkey got tired of waiting 
so he thought he'd try out the throttle and down the road he 
went."

Once upon a time there was an engineer
Drove a locomotive both far and near
Accompanied by a monkey that sit on the stool
Watchin' everything that the engineer move


One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
He left the monkey settin' on the driver's seat
The monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gun
And made ninety miles an hour on the main line run


Well the big locomotive just in time
The big locomotive comin' down the line
Big locomotive number ninety nine
Left the engineer with a worried mind


Engineer begin to call the dispatcher on the phone
Tell him all about how is locomotive was gone
Get on the wire, the dispatcher to write
Cause the monkey's got the main line sewed up tight


Switch operator got the message in time
There's a north bound limited on the same main line
Open the switch, gonna let him in the hole
Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control


Well the big locomotive right on time
Big locomotive comin' down the line
Big locomotive number ninety nine
Left the engineer with a worried mind
Left the engineer with a worried mind